| Page updated March 4 2010 |
Sail Indonesia - Sail Banda 2010 News and Information
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This page is updated regularly, all the latest news, information, updates and changes are always announced here. |
The mail out of Entry Forms is now under way in the order that expressions of interest were received. This is so that yachts who emailed us first will receive their Entry Form first and so that we and our email in box do not get overwhelmed, every yacht that has sent an enquiry will receive an entry form in turn. If you are concerned that we may have missed your entry or it is late arriving to you please email us and we will check your status and reply to you. |
The Indonesian Sailing Federation has now finalized the arrangements for the first Darwin-Banda-Ambon Yacht Race which will leave Darwin with the Sail Indonesia and Sail Banda Rally yachts at 11 am on July 24 with a total prize fund of $5000.
All details including the Notice of Race and Race Entry Forms are now available from their web site and for all enquiries and information please email us here at Sail Indonesia. |
We are having problems contacting the email addresses for the following yachts Araunah, Lahara II, Lazy Bones and Kuan Yin, if these yachts can email Sail Indonesia again we will resend your information package and your Entry Form. |
This year there are two destinations available as your first port of call in Indonesia as shown on the the map on our home page.
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| The first destination is Banda at 04° 32’ and 129° 52’ 500 miles north of Darwin to participate in "Sail Banda " a series of events to be held in Eastern Indonesian province of Maluku and its capital city Ambon. Sail Indonesia is the official partner of Sail Banda, and to participate in Sail Banda simply register with us. |
Banda is a fabulous cruising destination and world class diving center, for a short history of this famous, interesting and historical group of islands please click Banda. and to see a recent tourism information article about Banda click here . This is part of our mission to promote diving as an important part of Indonesia's marine tourism.
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Click on Sail Banda 2010 to see their web site and the complete Sail Banda program planned for 2010, this web site is a little slow to reply at this time and it in the process of being moved to a better location. |
After Banda you can then go on to Ambon then head to the west to Wakatobi and Hoga with our new partners at our scheduled stopover there and visit the world renowned diving sites and then head west and rejoin the group of yachts that went first to Kupang in Flores or Bali as you continue your journey to Belitung and Bintan. |
The second destination is Kupang as in past years at 10° 09 and 123° 34, 420 miles WNW from Darwin and from there you will be able to follow the traditional Western Passage route. For details of the routes, see our 2010 Schedule page. |
If you are planning to join our rally this year please email us as soon as you can, at this time we already have over 200 expressions of interest for 2010 and 35 for 2011. This a normal level of interest and as usually around 70 percent of initial inquiries actually go on to participate in our rally so you can be assured of a place in 2010. |
You are not expected to join all the Sail Indonesia scheduled events, after you have entered Indonesia at your first port you can then make your own way through Indonesia and simply join our events that suit your schedule. |
The Sail Indonesia Kupang University Scholarship program is now in its fourth year, please take time to read about it as it offers you the opportunity to help us to make a valuable difference as you cruise around the world. |
For information regarding the Indonesian Yacht Import Duty click here.
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